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Love, Water & Juice: Life after winning ...

“This veggie lasagna is so fresh and delicious,” said one of the patrons of With Love, Co. A forty- year vegan, the customer told Jacqueline Bellamy-Bey, the owner of With Love, Co., how excited she was to learn that a plant-based eatery had just opened up in Parkville.

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Kiva Baltimore will host 2nd Annual Pitch ...

The Pitch Competition will feature local business owners competing for up to $500, a panel of judges, and guest speakers Jim Peterson from the Small Business Resource Center and John Brothers from the T. Rowe Price Foundation.

Kiva Baltimore will host 2nd Annual Pitch Competition
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Who Gets To Be a Leader in Baltimore?

Who gets to be a leader? In Baltimore, community members and social leaders recognized that the nonprofit sector had two issues when it comes to talent development: the qualifications of leadership were not inclusive, and organizations overlooked community members as the most important assets towards addressing the city’s most pressing issues.

Who Gets To Be a Leader in Baltimore?
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Elijah Cummings embodied the spirit of ...

Equitable leaders are “more than” their battles, they’re also the devotion they pour into communities and the way that love blossoms into tangible change and dreams within grasp. He was the epitome of the love that can come from growing in Baltimore, and is what love looks like in action.

Elijah Cummings embodied the spirit of disruption towards equitable change
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John B. King of Education Trust visits ...

Thursday, September 26th Baltimore Corps convened a conversation with community, civic and student leaders on the Kirwan Commission. Baltimore Corps C.E.O Fagan Harris welcomed the group and stated the goals of the conversation were to explicitly talk about racial equity and Baltimore city’s strategy in Annapolis.

John B. King of Education Trust visits Baltimore City with Baltimore Corps

Baltimore Sun: Working towards a healthy Baltimore

It's been a watershed year for public health in Baltimore, thanks largely to the leadership of Dr. Leana Wen. One of our most visionary partners, Dr. Wen and the Baltimore City Health Department host seven Baltimore Corps Fellows to lead initiatives serving city residents: Gabe Auteri, Cagla Buyukkoc, Kelleigh Eastman, Anja Fries, Anisha Thomas, Lizzy Unger and Janice Williams.

In this op-ed in the Sun, read Dr. Wen's reflections on her first year as commissioner and see what her team has in store for 2016:

Working towards a healthy Baltimore

 

Play More B'More: Putting Kids First in Baltimore

Building safe spaces for kids to play, creating jobs for local youth and energizing thousands of volunteers: Play More B'More puts kids first in Baltimore.

Learn more about Play More B'More, and why play matters, in this new video featuring Baltimore Corps' Cirron Greenidge and Fagan Harris:

Could Baltimore become "best place in the world to change the world?"

"We are a tough, gritty and resilient city. But it is past the time to measure our city by the toughness of its people and our ability to withstand suffering and pain. Now is the time to measure ourselves by our capacity to change and to become a city, led by a new class of diverse leaders, who refuse to see potential wasted within Baltimore's borders." - Fagan Harris

Dan Rodricks and The Baltimore Sun's year in review: featuring Baltimore Corps, Fagan and why Baltimore is the "best place in the world to change the world."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/year-in-review-2015/bs-md-yir-rodricks-2016-preview-20151224-story.html

Baltimore Corps Featured in New Video

"In a country that looks more and more like Baltimore every day, which is a majority-minority city, it's incredibly important that we're a more just and inclusive place." - Fagan Harris, CEO of Baltimore Corps.

Baltimore has the makings to be America's frontier of social change. In this new video from Emerson Collective, meet some of our Fellows working to create and sustain opportunity for communities throughout Baltimore:

Brian Gerardo Awarded $60k Grant for Work with City Youth

Brian Gerardo, Class One Fellow and Carey Business School Alum, earned this write-up for his work as Executive Director of the Baltimore Dance Crews Project. Brian received the grant as part of the Open Society Institute 2015 Community Fellowship program. Read the full story here: 

http://carey.jhu.edu/about/news/carey-graduate-awarded-60k-grant-for-work-with-city-youth